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7 March 2022 Monday afternoon, standing at improvised kitchen surface desk: kitchen surface, upturned plastic washing-up bowl, cardboard box. Because my back is still sore. Putting on socks isn’t quite as traumatic as it was this time last week, but it’s still a long way from right, despite two recent trips to the chiropractor. The […]
My relationship with social media is wickedly complicated and constantly evolving and horribly tangled up with creative urges. I don’t really understand the relationship. A big part of me wants there not to be one. Sometimes I want to ignore it and not care at all. Maybe even delete everything and just get on with […]
Before coronavirus there was greater possibility. That can be applied to life in general and narrowly to working as a ‘new normal photographer’. Things were never exactly easy but you could try to generate leads yourself, be proactive, get out there. You’d have occasional hits and many more misses but things could work out, if […]
Ten years as a freelancer is a milestone worth marking. Employed members of staff might earn some small recognition from bosses and colleagues, but freelancers often just have to slap their own backs. So here is an honest, slightly indulgent account of the last decade. Ten years ago this month I was made redundant from […]
As a photographer who often works totally alone, it’s fascinating and inspiring to hear photography philosophy from others speaking in depth about their own work and journey. There are all sorts of mental challenges to be faced in working in such a solitary way. You’re left squarely inside your own head for much of the time, when planning, […]
Around this time last year I blogged in part about walking Cardiff and the general virtues of walking. Twelve months ago I was walking as I did for many years, largely through the urban city centre streets of Cardiff. In it I rambled about time, death, the death of David Bowie, Cardiff and its cranes. [Read […]
Capturing photographs of Cardiff has occupied me for years, but recent weeks have seen the opening of a new chapter. At the start of July I moved into my ninth Cardiff property. Having lived in Cathays, Roath, Canton, Pontcanna and Heath from 1999 to 2006, my last six years have been spent in the Atlantic Wharf […]
Caring what other people think of your work can be a hard thing to wrestle with when starting out in photography. In fact, it can be a tricky thing at any point along the photography journey. But the power to make it easier lies in your hands. Do You Value Every Like? Do you value […]
Here’s an unimaginatively cobbled together blog post about some recent jobs undertaken as a working photographer in Wales (and part of England) this month. These jobs have mainly work been in Bristol, Newport and Cardiff. It’s been an enjoyably varied few weeks of photography work. Photography Work in Newport There was a lovely three generation family photography shoot at […]
Concluding the Composed Images review of 2015, here’s my pick of my pics from July to December… If you need a quick catch up of January to June, nip off here, then come back. July Sport kept coming in July. The Speedway Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium is always a different and deafeningly loud […]
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